Puerto Rico at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	copur.pr  (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	37 in 15 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Adriana Díaz Brian Afanador [1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Rafael Quintero
Medals Ranked 63rd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Puerto Rico competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2] It was the territory's nineteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Like on the 2016 Summer Olympics, Puerto Rico left the Olympics with a single gold medal, this time won by Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. Other athletes fell short of their Olympic medal, with Steven Piñeiro finishing sixth in the men's skateboarding street park final, and table tennis player Adriana Díaz losing a match in the third round.

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

The following Puerto Rican competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Athletics	Women's 100 m hurdles	August 2

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Basketball	0	12	12
Boxing	1	0	1
Diving	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	1	1
Golf	1	1	2
Judo	1	2	3
Rowing	0	1	1
Sailing	1	1	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Skateboarding	2	0	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	2	3
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	13	24	37

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ^{[3] [4]}

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Arroyo	Men's 800 m	1:53.09	7	Did not advance
Ryan Sánchez		1:47.07	7	Did not advance
Wesley Vázquez		1:49.06	7	Did not advance
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Women's 100 m hurdles	12.41	1 Q	12.26 OR	1 Q	12.37

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Puerto Rico women's	Women's tournament	China L 55–97	Belgium L 52–87	Australia L 96–69	4	Did not advance

Women's tournament

Main articles: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Puerto Rico women's basketball team qualified for the first time at the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads at the Bourges meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ^[5]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 8 July 2021. ^[6]

Puerto Rico women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 0 Jennifer O'Neill 31 – (1990-04-19)19 April 1990 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Samara F 1 Tayra Meléndez 27 – (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Gigantes de Carolina PG 5 Pamela Rosado 35 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Atenienses de Manatí SG 9 Allison Gibson 28 – (1993-03-27)27 March 1993 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Gigantes de Carolina F 10 Jada Stinson 21 – (1999-09-28)28 September 1999 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Arkansas State Red Wolves G 12 Dayshalee Salamán 31 – (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Cangrejeras de Santurce SG 24 Jazmon Gwathmey 28 – (1993-01-24)24 January 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Geas Basket PF 25 Isalys Quiñones 23 – (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre F 28 Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage 24 – (1997-01-03)3 January 1997 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Geas Basket C 33 India Pagán 22 – (1999-01-07)7 January 1999 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Stony Brook Seawolves G 55 Jacqueline Benítez 24 – (1997-06-06)6 June 1997 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) KK Šiauliai G 91 Michelle González 31 – (1989-08-03)3 August 1989 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Cangrejeras de Santurce	Head coach Jerry Batista [7] Assistant coach(es) Carlos Calcaño Daniel Ortiz Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 July 2021

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	247	191	+56	6	Quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	2	1	234	196	+38	5
3	Australia	3	1	2	240	230	+10	4
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	176	280	−104	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 21:00 v

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	55–97	China
Scoring by quarter: 17–32, 9–21, 13–18, 16–26
Pts: Rosado 14 Rebs: Quiñones 5 Asts: Gwathmey 4		Pts: Li Yue. 21 Rebs: Han 14 Asts: Huang 7

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Maj Forsberg (DEN), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 10:00 v

Boxscore

Belgium	87–52	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:23–16, 20–8, 17–13, 27–15
Pts: Meesseman 26 Rebs: Meesseman 15 Asts: Allemand 7		Pts: Gwathmey 20 Rebs: Gwathmey, Meléndez 5 Asts: Rosado 5

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Yu Jung (TPE), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA)

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2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 21:00 v

Boxscore

Australia	96–69	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 23–20, 23–8, 28–17
Pts: Tolo 26 Rebs: Tolo 17 Asts: Mitchell 6		Pts: Gwathmey 26 Rebs: Gibson, Gwathmey 6 Asts: Meléndez, Rosado 3

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Alexander Glišić (SRB), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Gizella Györgyi (NOR)

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Yankiel Rivera finished among the top five of the men's flyweight category to book his place in the Puerto Rican squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. ^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yankiel Rivera	Men's flyweight	Bibossinov  (KAZ) L 1–4	Did not advance

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico received an invitation from FINA to send a diver competing in the men's platform to the Olympics based on his results at the 2021 FINA World Cup series. ^[9]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rafael Quintero	Men's 10 m platform	396.90	12 Q	397.55	14	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Puerto Rico entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group E (Central and South America). ^[10]

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lauren Billys	Castle Larchfield Purdy	Individual	39.90	54	Eliminated			Did not advance

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico entered two golfers (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rafael Campos (world no. 281) and Maria Fernanda Torres (world no. 185) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events based on the IGF World Rankings. ^{[11] [12]}

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Rafael Campos	Men's	73	73	70	72	288	+4	=57
Maria Fernanda Torres	Women's	73	77	70	67	287	+3	48

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico qualified three judoka (one man and two women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Two-time Olympian Melissa Mojica (women's heavyweight, +78 kg) and Rio 2016 Olympian María Pérez (women's middleweight, 70 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while rookie Adrián Gandía (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. ^{[13] [14]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adrián Gandía	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Casse  (BEL) L 01–11	Did not advance
María Pérez	Women's −70 kg	—	Howell  (GBR) W 10–00	Arai  (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Melissa Mojica	Women's +78 kg	—	Nunes  (POR) L 00–10	Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing fifth in the A-final and securing the last of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, signifying the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1988. ^[15]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Veronica Toro	Women's single sculls	8:11.57	3 QF	Bye		8:35.32	6 SC/D	7:53.36	5 FD	7:57.22	22

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rican sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, Pan American Games, and the continental regattas, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time after sixteen years. ^[16]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Enrique Figueroa Gretchen Ortiz	Mixed Nacra 17	15	16	16	18	18	19	4	17	19	15	18	18	EL	174	17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico granted an invitation from ISSF to send Rio 2016 Olympian Yarimar Mercado in the women's rifle shooting to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021. ^[17]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yarimar Mercado	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1157	28	Did not advance

Skateboarding

Main articles: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico entered two skateboarders to compete across all events at the Games. Steven Piñero and Manny Santiago were automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the men's park and men's street, respectively, based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021. ^{[18] [19]}

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Steven Piñeiro	Men's park	76.20	6 Q	75.17	6
Manny Santiago	Men's street	5.45	19	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. ^{[20] [21]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jarod Arroyo	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:01.92	39	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m individual medley	4:17.46	22	—		Did not advance
Miriam Sheehan	Women's 100 m freestyle	56.64	38	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:02.49	31	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Adriana Díaz secured an outright berth in the women's singles with a gold-medal victory at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. ^[22] Adriana's older sister Melanie Díaz, with Brian Afanador joining them to compete on the men's side at his second consecutive Games, scored the initial-stage final match triumphs to book one of the available places each in their respective singles events at the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Rosario, Argentina. ^[23]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brian Afanador	Men's singles	Bye	Lam S H  (HKG) L 3–4	Did not advance
Adriana Díaz	Women's singles	Bye			Liu J  (AUT) L 0–4	Did not advance
Melanie Díaz		Bye	Paranang  (THA) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. American-born taekwondo practitioner Victoria Stambaugh secured a spot in the women's flyweight category (49 kg) with a top two finish at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica. ^[24]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Victoria Stambaugh	Women's −49 kg	Semberg  (ISR) L 2–22	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Puerto Rico qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 74 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada. ^[25]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Franklin Gómez	Men's −74 kg	Abdurakhmonov  (UZB) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance				16

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